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Re: Big bluegill [Re: Possumhollar] #6567126 07/03/19 08:56 AM 07/03/19 08:56 AM
Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 13,155 Ky J jbyrd63 trapper
jbyrd63 trapper J Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 13,155 Ky	Originally Posted by Possumhollar Looks like a shellcracker Really what makes you think that's a shell cracker / red ear ? Do you see the "red" ear anywhere?.

Re: Big bluegill [Re: Art S] #6567129 07/03/19 08:58 AM 07/03/19 08:58 AM
Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 13,155 Ky J jbyrd63 trapper
jbyrd63 trapper J Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 13,155 Ky	Originally Posted by Art S LOL Hey you have the same camera bucks-n-bears uses on some of his deer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Big bluegill [Re: Yotegiter] #6567131 07/03/19 08:59 AM 07/03/19 08:59 AM
Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 13,155 Ky J jbyrd63 trapper
jbyrd63 trapper J Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 13,155 Ky	Originally Posted by Yotegiter Here is a big one my two fishing buddies caught back in the spring. I guarantee to my boy it was a shark. Lol Priceless photo and memory!!!!

Re: Big bluegill [Re: Mocular] #6567150 07/03/19 09:23 AM 07/03/19 09:23 AM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 3,916 Pa A Art S trapper
Art S trapper A Joined: May 2011 Posts: 3,916 Pa	Not my photo , came across FB timeline about the same time I saw this thread , couldn't resist .lol OP , nice fish !

Re: Big bluegill [Re: Mocular] #6567172 07/03/19 09:49 AM 07/03/19 09:49 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,101 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,101 Minnesota	Big Gills are the fightingish fish on earth... someday Im driving to one of the famed lakes just to fish big pan fish. NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Big bluegill [Re: Mocular] #6567204 07/03/19 11:16 AM 07/03/19 11:16 AM
Joined: May 2019 Posts: 437 Middle Georgia zoozoo400 trapper
zoozoo400 trapper Joined: May 2019 Posts: 437 Middle Georgia	They're a blast to catch! Can't say my biggest was more than a pound hahaha

Re: Big bluegill [Re: Mocular] #6567230 07/03/19 12:11 PM 07/03/19 12:11 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,639 De C coop trapper
coop trapper C Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,639 De	Andy's Fish Farm list his hybrid bluegills of being able to obtain a 4 lb. wt., with 1.5-2 lb. averages... certainly not a wild one but it shows what genetics and optimum conditions can produce. Last edited by coop; 07/03/19 12:11 PM.

Re: Big bluegill [Re: Zim] #6567296 07/03/19 03:34 PM 07/03/19 03:34 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,717 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes T Trapper7 trapper
Trapper7 trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,717 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes	Originally Posted by Zim Originally Posted by Art S LOL Art, if'n you caught that one out of that river there would be skid marks from your boots on that muddy shore. Those are some nice fish guys, I think a bluegill, pound for pound puts up as good of fight as any fish. Zim If'n he'd of caught one that size out of that river, there would have been more skid marks than just from his boots! The difference between animals and humans is that animals would never let the dumbest ones lead the pack.

Re: Big bluegill [Re: Mocular] #6567298 07/03/19 03:36 PM 07/03/19 03:36 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,717 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes T Trapper7 trapper
Trapper7 trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,717 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes	I've caught a couple 10 inchers. I have no idea what they would have weighed. I'm guessing close to a pound. The difference between animals and humans is that animals would never let the dumbest ones lead the pack.

Re: Big bluegill [Re: Mocular] #6567336 07/03/19 04:49 PM 07/03/19 04:49 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,986 Shenandoah County, VA L l1ranger trapper
l1ranger trapper L Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,986 Shenandoah County, VA	the state record sunfish in VA is 4 lbs 12 oz. prior to that, I saw the previous record caught at 4.5 lbs. it was a monsterdly looking thing, and was 99% sure a bluegill, proper. biggest I caught was a 14" redear, never weighed it, just ate it and shared with 8 other people. it was more than enough for all of us Josh

Re: Big bluegill [Re: l1ranger] #6567382 07/03/19 06:42 PM 07/03/19 06:42 PM
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 273 Ohio J James Peterson trapper
James Peterson trapper J Joined: May 2012 Posts: 273 Ohio	Originally Posted by l1ranger the state record sunfish in VA is 4 lbs 12 oz. prior to that, I saw the previous record caught at 4.5 lbs. it was a monsterdly looking thing, and was 99% sure a bluegill, proper. biggest I caught was a 14" redear, never weighed it, just ate it and shared with 8 other people. it was more than enough for all of us

Re: Big bluegill [Re: Mocular] #6567384 07/03/19 06:43 PM 07/03/19 06:43 PM
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 273 Ohio J James Peterson trapper
James Peterson trapper J Joined: May 2012 Posts: 273 Ohio	Can't eat paper! LOL...

Re: Big bluegill [Re: James Peterson] #6567409 07/03/19 07:28 PM 07/03/19 07:28 PM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH Catch22 trapper
Catch22 trapper Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH	Originally Posted by James Peterson Originally Posted by l1ranger the state record sunfish in VA is 4 lbs 12 oz. prior to that, I saw the previous record caught at 4.5 lbs. it was a monsterdly looking thing, and was 99% sure a bluegill, proper. biggest I caught was a 14" redear, never weighed it, just ate it and shared with 8 other people. it was more than enough for all of us Yeah, I caught one many years back that broke my Polaroid because it made the picture weigh too much. Hate to think of the postage it would have costs to send to kin in Kentucky. I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....

Re: Big bluegill [Re: Yotegiter] #6567592 07/03/19 10:51 PM 07/03/19 10:51 PM
Joined: May 2018 Posts: 645 N/E Il. NOT Chicago!! S squacks trapper
squacks trapper S Joined: May 2018 Posts: 645 N/E Il. NOT Chicago!!	Originally Posted by Yotegiter Here is a big one my two fishing buddies caught back in the spring. I guarantee to my boy it was a shark. Lol Fantastic picture!

Re: Big bluegill [Re: Mocular] #6567629 07/04/19 12:02 AM 07/04/19 12:02 AM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,319 Custer SD A arcticotter trapper
arcticotter trapper A Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,319 Custer SD	I’ve got an 11 incher on the wall.

Re: Big bluegill [Re: Mocular] #6567687 07/04/19 07:11 AM 07/04/19 07:11 AM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,954 RI / MN C Cameron Kelsey trapper
Cameron Kelsey trapper C Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,954 RI / MN	When I was stationed in San Diego I used to fly fish in a small lake called Upper Otay Lake, located on the outskirts of Chula Vista, California. It didn't look like much, only 20 acres or so, but I quickly discovered it was a great place to catch some really nice bluegills. Catch and release only. No boats allowed, so I fished it with a float tube. I never measured or weighed anything I caught from the lake, but caught many hogs from there. Best place I have ever fished for large bluegills. Haven't fished it since 2009, so I have no idea how it fishes these days. CWO4, SC, US Navy

Re: Big bluegill [Re: Mocular] #6567763 07/04/19 09:25 AM 07/04/19 09:25 AM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 2,164 S. Illinois C Chuckles84 trapper
Chuckles84 trapper C Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 2,164 S. Illinois	Look up The Kinfisher Society, their lake has some giant bluegills in it. It's expensive to fish there and its catch and release. Your entitled to oxygen. Everything else is earned.

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